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by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
John the Baptist introduced our Lord with the proclamation: “Repent,
for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2). Throughout His
earthly ministry Christ was known as “the Son of David”, the king with
whom God made a covenant to establish His Kingdom forever.
The Old Testament prophets predicted that Christ would — and He will —
reign on earth upon the throne of His father David. While His Kingdom
was being proclaimed “at hand”, He walked and talked and ate with men as “the Son of Man”.
Wearied with travelling, He sat at Jacob’s well and asked for a drink
of water. Pressed by the thron He got into a fishing boat and
addressed the multitudes from the sea. Hated by His adversaries, He was
tried, scourged, spit upon, and nailed to a tree. This was indeed “Christ manifest in the flesh”.
With regard to His humiliation, however, the Apostle Paul says, by divine inspiration: “God also hath highly exalted Him and given Him a name which is above every name” (Philippian2:9).
Again, the Apostle declares that God’s mighty power was “wrought in
Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right
hand in the heavenly places, FAR ABOVE ALL…” (Ephesian1:20). He is no longer to be known as “the lowly Jesus”, but as the exalted “Lord” in heaven. And this has its bearing on us too:
“Wherefore
henceforth know we no man after the flesh: Yea, though we have known
Christ after the flesh, yet now, henceforth, know we Him no more” (II Corinthia5:16). Our blessed Saviour is now to be known as the glorified Son of God, the Great Dispenser of Grace to a lost humanity; the One who in love and mercy “tasted death for every man” (Hebrews 2:9).
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